LaVenia (Porter) Beaman

LaVenia (Porter) Beaman, age 95 of Bakersfield passed away on January 3, 2013. She was born in

Nevada Mo. and first came to California at age 26 with her three small children on a Troop Train.

At that time her

husband Loren Beaman was in Hawaii helping to clean up after WWII. Once he returned, they moved to the Stockton area. They continued to move back and forth from Missouri and Kansas until finally returning to California to settle in Lodi in 1956. LaVenia moved to Bakersfield, CA at age 83.

She was preceded in death by her husband Loren Shaw Beaman; sons David L. and George W. Beaman; her twin sister LaVinia (Porter) Jobe; sister Dorothy

Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, January 10 at 1:00 pm in the chapel of Frisbie-Warren & Carroll Mortuary, 809 N. California St. with visitation prior to the funeral starting at 10:00 am. Committal will be at Farmington Cemetery. To sign the guest book,